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PatentedNov. I4, I899. G. T. LAMONT.

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GEORGE T. LAMONT, OF LEQMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE 4 WHITNEY-REED CHAIR COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

GO-CART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 637,210, dated November 14, 1899. Application filed August 16, 1899. Serial No. 727,362. (No model.)

To LLZZ whom it may concern:.

Be it known that I, GEORGE T. LAMONT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Leominster, in the county of Worcester and State 5 of Massachusetts,have invented an Improvement in Go-Oarts, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters and figures on the drawings representing like IO parts.

This invention relates to go-carts; and the object of the invention is to provide a compact and simple device of the character specified wherein certain of the parts can be adj usted with rapidity and facility, as may be desired by the user.

The cart in the embodiment thereof represented in the accompanying drawings includes as one of its essential features a seatsection, a back, and a foot-rest or dash, the

back and the foot-piece or dash being mounted for simultaneous adjustment relatively to the seat-section and one of them being ad justable independently to the other. In the present instance I prefer to have the dash and back so mounted that each of them can be adjusted independently of the other, whereby the back can be shifted from a verticalto a horizontal position, or vice versa, or at any angle between the same, and whereby the dash can be so adjusted as to serve as a rest for the feet of a child or, elevated to protect the same or to permit more readily tucking in of the covering or clothing.

3 5 In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a go-cart including my invention in a convenient and simple embodiment thereof and showing by dotted lines both the dash and the back shifted. Figs. 2 and 3 are side views of the body of the Vehicle, showing the back and dash in different adjusted positions by full and dotted lines, respectively. Fig. 4=is an under side view of the link which connects the dash with the adjusting mechanism. Fig.

5 is a detail, upon an enlarged scale, of a portion of the adjusting mechanism.

In Fig. 1 I have represented the vehicle as substantially complete and have shown by full lines the back and the dash as occupying what might be termed their normal positions and by dotted lines the extreme adj ustments of said parts.

The go-cart represented includes in its construction a frame F, extended upward at the rear end of the cart, as at 12, to form a pusher, 5 5 which terminates at its upper end in a handle 13, by which the cart can be propelled, it being understood that the frame and the extended pusher 12 consist of two parallel side pieces, as is customary in this kind of devices. The frame rests upon and is secured to the axle 14, provided at its opposite ends with the wheels 15 and is furnished at its forward end with smaller guide-wheels l6, and these parts may be of any suitable character.

The body of the vehicle is denoted ina general way by B, and it includes in its organi zation the seat or main section 17 and the auxiliary sections 18 and 19, respectively constituting the dash or foot-rest and the back. The seat or main section 17 is secured to the double-S springs 20, which in turn are fastened to the side pieces of the frame F.

The seat or main section of the go-cart is provided with vertical side pieces 21, which prevents a child from rolling sidewise from the seat or main section 17, and all the parts may be ornamented by scrollwork or otherwlse.

. The dasher 18, which is of U shape, is provided at its inner opposite'sides with metallic socket-pieces 22, secured thereto in some convenient manner, and having lugs 23, adapted to receive pivots, as 24, supported at the opposite sides and front of the seat, this construction constituting a convenient hingejoint by which to secure the necessary movements of the dash or foot-rest relatively to the seat. The back 19 is also hinged to theseat 17 and at the rear end thereof said back 0 is provided with metallic socket-pieces 25, having lugs 26 to receive pivots 27, extending from the seat.

In Fig. 1 I have shown only one member of certain pairs of devices, such members being duplicated, of course, at the opposite side of the vehicle.

It will be understood from the preceding descriptions that the back 19 and the dash 18 are independently connected to the seat 17 10o so that each of them can be adjusted separately from the other. i

A bearing is represented at 30, and it consists of a vertical arm secured to the under side of the seat 17 near the middle and rear thereof, and this lug pivotally supports the lever 31,to which the bar 32 is likewise jointed. Said bar 32 is extended upward through an eye or opening in the lug or ear 33, projecting outward from the cross-bar 34, which is secured at its ends to the rear of the back 19. The lug 33 carries a set-screw 35, which is adapted to bind against the bar 32, thereby to hold said bar and consequently maintain the back 19 in an adjusted position. The pivot for the lever 31 is denoted by 36, (see Fig. 5,) and it is in the nature of a screw fixed to the arm 30 near the lower end thereof and passing through an opening at the inner end of said lever, and said screw is adapted to receive the winged nut 37, which is adapted to bind the lever 31 against the arm 30, thereby to hold the lever in a fixed position.

The lever 31, which is in the nature of a main or primary one, sustains the secondary lever 38, the pivot being denoted by 39 and extending perpendicularly from the middle of the carrying or main lever 31,and said pivot 39, which is in the nature of a screw, is embraced by a winged nut 40, which is adapted to bear against the adjacent face of the lever 38, thereby to lock the same against the other lever.

The upper end of the lever 38 is provided with a finger-piece 41, by which it can be readily manipulated, while the link 42 is pivoted to the lower end of said lever, the opposite end of the link being bifurcated, as at 43, and the branches of the bifurcation being pivoted to the angular lugs or projections 44, extending from the socket-pieces 22.

In Fig. l I have represented the parts as occupying their normal positions, the back 19 being substantially vertical and the under side of the dash 18 resting against the curved forward end of the frame F.

Let it be assumed that it is desired to simultaneously adjust the dash and back. In this case the nut 27 will be loosened and the back 19 can be grasped and swung down. This operation moves the lever 31 in a correspondingdirection, and consequently swings the lower arm of the lever 38 to what is herein illustrated as the left, thereby imparting a similar thrust to the bifurcated link 42, and consequently elevating the dash, and this operation can be continued until the back reaches a horizontal or approximately horizontal position, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, the corresponding position of the dash being also indicated by dotted lines in said figure. When the parts are thus adjusted, the nut 37 will be tightened, thereby to lock them firmly in place.

If it be desired to change the back to any angular position or to a horizontal position from the vertical without disturbing the dash, it is simply necessary to loosen the screw 35, thereby releasing the back, so that it can be swung to the desired position, during which time the lug 33 slides along the bar 32. When in the proper position, the setscrew 35 will be tightened.

Should it be desired to adjust the dash independently of the back and relatively to the seat 17, the nut 40 will be loosened. The finger-piece 41 can then be engaged and depressed, which operation swings the lower arm of the lever 40 to the left and elevates the dash from the dotted-line position indicated in Fig. 3 to that shown by full lines in said figure. When the dash is set, the nut will be tightened.

From the preceding description it will be evident that the dash and back can be simultaneously adjusted by the manipulation of a single device and that the back and the dash can be individually or independently adjusted within comparative limits also by the manipulation of a single device, and the mechanism for efiecting the described changes of position of the two hinged parts 18 and 19 is very simple and can be operated with facility.

As previously stated, the cart may be ornamented to any extent, and it can be made of any of the materials usually employed in constructing this class of vehicles.

The invention described is not limited to the organization heretofore stated nor to the particular parts making up the same, for both of these may be variously modified with in the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a go-cart, a seat, a back and a dasher mounted for simultaneous adjustment and both of them being mounted for adjustment independently of each other and means for holding said parts in their difierent adjusted positions.

2. In a go-cart, a seat, a dasherand a back adjustably mounted relatively to the seat,and an adjustably-mounted lever, adjustably connected with the back, and a second lever adjustably mounted upon the first-mentioned lever and adjustably connected to the dasher.

3. In ago-cart, aseat, a back and a foot-rest or dasher both hinged to the seat and means for effecting the simultaneous adjustment of the back and the foot-rest, and the independent adjustment of each of them relatively to the other.

4. In a go-cart, aseat, a back and a foot-rest shiftably mounted relative to the seat, an adjustabl -mounted lever, a bar jointed to said lever and adjustably connected with the back and independently-operative adjusting means carried by said lever and connected with the dasher.

5. In a go-cart, a seat, a dasher and a back adj ustably mounted relatively to the seat and independently of each other, two levers, one of its which is carried by the other and operativeiy connected respectively with the back and the dasher, and means for holding the dasher and the back in their adjusted positions.

6. In a go-cart, a seat provided with a bearing, a dasher and a back, hinged to the seat, and a lever adjustably carried by said bearing and adjnstably connected to the back, and

a second lever adjustably mounted upon the 

